JP2002293355A - Applying device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an applying device which can apply a large amount of a substance to be applied including not only a liquid but also a creamy liquid and a powdery cosmetic or medicine over a wide range as the need arises as well as over a limited small range, wherein it can be easily switched over between the ranges and the substance is prevented from being accidentally applied before use. SOLUTION: The applying device includes a container, an inner plug fitted into a container mouth, a hinged cap screwed with the container mouth, and an applying member mounted on the hinged cap. The inner plug includes a bottom wall with a through hole bored and a topped inner cylinder. The hinged cap includes a cap base having a pour-out cylinder standing on its upper wall and a passage open/close ring hanging, and an open/close lid having a communication tube hanging on its top wall to be engaged with the pour-out cylinder and having an attachment member for the applying member standing. The applying member includes an applying ball, and a holder comprising a holding wall for holding the ball with an opening bored at its lower end and an engaging member hanging from an intermediate portion of an outer periphery of the holding wall to be engaged with the attachment member of the open/close lid.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a coating tool, and more particularly to a coating tool provided with a coating ball.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art An application tool for cosmetics, medicines, and the like in which an application member provided with an application ball is attached to a mouth portion of a container has been conventionally known (for example, see Japanese Utility Model Application Laid-Open No. 7-40520).

[0003]

In the above-mentioned conventional coating tool, a coating ball is applied to a surface to be coated, and the coating tool is moved to perform coating. Therefore, it is suitable for applying to a limited relatively narrow range of the surface to be coated, but when applying over a wide range, the application tool must be reciprocated many times, which is time-consuming and troublesome. But it was.
In addition, when the surface to be coated is a curved surface, there is a problem that the handling operation of the coating tool may not be performed properly.

[0004] In order to apply the composition over a wide area, it is conceivable to remove the application member from the opening of the container and pour a required amount of the applied material from the container directly onto a palm or a cloth surface to apply the applied material to the surface to be applied. There is a problem that it is difficult to pour out only a necessary amount of the material.

[0005] Further, when the application tool with the overcap removed and the application ball exposed before use is inadvertently dropped or dropped from the hand, the application ball comes into contact with an unnecessary place and is contaminated with the application material. There was a problem.

[0006] Further, a sprayer-equipped application container having an application device having an application surface made of a porous material such as a sponge, and a sprayer so that application can be performed over a limited narrow range and as required. Although it is also known, there is a problem that it cannot be applied to powder or viscous liquid application because the application surface is formed by a porous spherical body.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The object of the present invention is to solve the above problems by using not only liquids but also creamy liquids, powdered cosmetics and chemicals as well as a limited amount in a limited amount as required. In addition to making it possible to apply the coating material of a wide range, it is easy to switch between them,
An object of the present invention is to provide a coating tool which prevents a coating material from being applied carelessly before use.

[0008]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides, as an application tool, a mouth, an inner plug fitted to the mouth of a container, and a hinge screwed to the mouth of the container. A coating tool comprising a cap and a coating member attached to a hinge cap, wherein the inner plug has a bottom wall having a through hole and a topped inner cylinder, and the hinge cap has An injection tube is erected on the upper wall, a cap base with a flow opening / closing ring is erected, and a communication tube that engages with the injection tube is erected on the top wall, and a mounting member for the application member is erected. With an open / close lid,
The coating member has a coating ball, a holding wall that holds the coating ball and has an opening at the lower end, and an engaging member that engages with a mounting member of the opening / closing lid from an intermediate portion of the outer periphery of the holding wall. And a holding body.

In order to make the operating position for opening and closing the flow path accurate,
A pair of stoppers are provided symmetrically between the lower part of the container mouth and the shoulder, and a positioning rib is provided at the lower end of the side peripheral wall of the cap base of the hinge cap to engage with the stopper. Adopt configuration.

[0010]

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In FIG. 1, A is a container, B is an inner plug, C is a hinge cap, D is an application member attached to the hinge cap, and E is an overcap.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the container A has a mouth 1
And a narrow shoulder portion 2, a trunk portion 3 and a bottom portion 4, and the center portion of the mouth portion 1 intersects the two center lines so as to be inclined with respect to the trunk portion 3. The container A contains liquids such as cosmetics and medicines, creamy liquids, and powder coating materials as contents. The mouth 1 is provided with an engaging portion 6 having an engaging ridge 5 at the upper end.
And an enlarged diameter portion 7 below the enlarged diameter portion.
Is provided with a double screw 8 and a pair of stoppers 9a, 9b.

As shown in FIG. 3, the inner plug B includes an inner tube 11 having a top wall 10 and a fitting tube portion 12 fitted on the inner periphery of the mouth engaging portion 6. The lower end of the inner cylinder 11 and the lower end of the fitting cylinder 12 are connected by a bottom wall 13.
A plurality of arc-shaped through holes 14 are perforated to form a flow passage.

The fitting tube portion 12 is connected to the bottom wall 13, and has an inner peripheral wall 15 and an upper wall 16 fitted on the inner periphery of the engaging portion 6, and a side peripheral wall vertically provided from a peripheral edge of the upper wall 16. A fitting protrusion 18 is provided at the lower end of the inner peripheral surface of the side peripheral wall 17 so as to engage with the lower side of the engaging protrusion 5.
Thus, the space between the container mouth 1 and the inner stopper B is sealed.

As shown in FIG. 4, the hinge cap C is
The cap base 20 and the hinge mechanism 2
The cap base 20 includes an upper wall 23 and a side peripheral wall 24. At the center of the upper wall 23, a pouring tube 26 having a spout 25 is provided upright, and along the periphery of the spout 25,
A flow path opening / closing ring 27 is provided vertically.

When the hinge cap C is at the lowered position, the channel opening / closing ring 27 engages with the outer periphery of the inner cylinder 11 of the inner plug B as shown in FIG. When the communication between the nozzle 14 and the spout 25 is interrupted and the position is at the raised position, as shown in FIG. 6, the engagement with the inner cylinder 11 is released and a flow path is formed. A sealing ring 28 is vertically provided outside the flow path opening / closing ring 27 and engages with the inner periphery of the fitting tube portion 12 of the inner plug B to seal the flow path and prevent leakage of the applied material. In.

A step portion 29 is provided on the upper peripheral edge of the side peripheral wall 24, and the diameter of the lower portion is increased, and a diameter increasing portion 30 is provided.
A cut 31 is provided at a predetermined position on the upper end of the side peripheral wall 24, and a pressing piece 32 is continuously provided at a lower end of the cut 31. Hinges 33 are provided on both sides of the holding piece 32, and a hinge mechanism 21 is formed together with the holding piece 32. The other end of each hinge is connected to the opening / closing lid 22, and a hinge mechanism 21 is provided on the opposite side of the hinge mechanism 21. , A recess 34 is provided.

A double screw 35 that is screwed into the double screw 8 of the mouth portion 1 is screwed on the inner periphery of the side peripheral wall 24. At a position corresponding to 34, a pair of positioning ribs 36a, 36b is protruded.

The opening / closing lid 22 has a top wall 37 and a side peripheral wall 38. At the center of the top wall 37, a communication tube 39 which engages with the inner periphery of the pouring tube 26 of the cap base 20 is vertically provided. The upper end thereof protrudes from the upper surface of the top wall 37 and has a protruding edge 40.
It has become.

At a radially intermediate portion of the top wall 37, a mounting ring 42 having a bulging portion 41 provided on the outer periphery of the upper end is provided upright.
At a predetermined position on the top wall 37 outside the mounting ring 42,
A notch 43 extending in the radial direction corresponding to the notch 31 of the side peripheral wall 24 of the cap base 20 is provided from the top wall 37 through the side peripheral wall 38, and a holding end 32 of the hinge mechanism 21 is provided at a starting end of the notch 43. Are connected at one end. One end of a hinge 33 is connected to the lower end of the side peripheral wall 24 on both sides of the notch 43, and a knob piece 44 is provided at the lower end on the opposite side of the hinge mechanism 21.

As shown in FIG. 5, the coating member D is composed of a coating ball 50 and a holding body 51 for holding the coating ball 50. Articles are engraved. The holding body 51 is provided with a holding wall 53 having an opening 52 at the center lower end.
The inner diameter of the opening 2 is the same as the inner diameter of the communication tube 39 of the opening / closing lid 22, and a projecting edge 54 is provided at the upper end of the inner periphery of the opening 52. The upper end 53 is rotatably held by the inner peripheral edge 55.

On the lower surface of the holding wall 53, a protruding ring 56 is suspended along the opening 52.
Engagement cylinder 57 that engages with the inner periphery of mounting ring 42 of top wall 37
Is hanging. The outer periphery of the intermediate portion of the holding wall 53 is a cylindrical portion, and a concave streak 58 is engraved at the lower end of the cylindrical portion.
An annular plate 60 is provided so as to protrude therefrom.
A swelling ring 61 that engages with the lower side of the mounting ring 42 of the opening / closing lid 22 is provided at the lower end of the inner periphery of 9. The engaging cylinder 57 and the engaging ring 59 are fitted so as to sandwich the mounting ring 42 of the opening / closing lid 22 from inside and outside, and the holding body 51 is
Attached to.

As shown in FIG. 1, the overcap E comprises a top wall 65 and a side peripheral wall 66. At the lower end of the side peripheral wall 66, a bulging ring 67 which engages with the concave streak 58 of the coating member D is provided. Is provided.

Next, the mode of use and the function and effect of the applicator of the present invention will be described. After filling the coating material, insert the inner stopper B into the mouth 1
Is fitted with a stopper. Next, the overcap E is fitted to the hinge cap C to which the application member D is attached, and the hinge cap C is screwed into the mouth 1 to form an application tool.

When the hinge cap C reaches a position a half turn before the lowermost position during screwing, the positioning ribs 36a and 36b of the hinge cap C are moved to the stoppers 9 of the mouth portion 1.
a, 9b, and at the lowest position, the positioning ribs 36a, 36b
a and maintain that position. At this time, the flow passage opening / closing ring 27 of the hinge cap C is engaged with the outer periphery of the inner cylinder 11 of the inner plug B, and the flow passage of the applied material is blocked.

In use, first, as shown in FIG. 6, when the hinge cap C is turned by 180 °, the hinge cap C rises by one pitch, and the positioning ribs 36a, 36b
Engages with the stoppers 9a and 9b on the opposite side of the mouth 1 so that the hinge mechanism 21 is at the uppermost position on the upper wall 16 surface. At this time, the flow path opening / closing ring 27 is separated from the inner cylinder 11, the locked state of the inner plug B and the hinge cap C is released, and a flow path from the inside of the container A to the opening 52 of the application member D is formed.

When applying over a limited narrow area, the overcap E is opened, the container A is inverted and the application ball 50 is pressed against the desired application surface p as shown in FIG. Then, the application ball 50 rotates, and the application object dropped into the opening 52 of the holder 51 through the communication tube 39 is suppressed by the protruding edge 54 of the opening 52, and adheres to the concave portion of the application ball 50 and holds the object. It moves inside the wall 53.

With the rotation of the coating ball 50, the surface of the coating ball 50 on which the coating material has adhered separates from the inner peripheral edge 55 of the upper end of the holding wall 53, and when the coating ball 50 comes into contact with the surface p to be coated, the coating material adhering to the concave portion It moves to the surface p to be coated and is applied. Thus, the coating material can be applied in a desired range.

When a large amount of the coating material is used and applied over a wide range, when the opening / closing lid 22 is opened by grasping the knob piece 44 of the hinge cap C, the communication tube 39 is rotated and the injection tube 26 is poured. The outlet 25 is exposed, and when the container A is tilted as shown in FIG.
A large amount of coating material can be applied over a wide range by spraying the coating material directly on the surface to be coated or picking it up on a palm or a cloth surface and coating it on the required surface to be coated.

After application, the lid 2 of the hinge cap C is opened and closed.
When the cover 2 is closed and the overcap E is covered, the coating material remaining in the container A can be kept as it is.

[0030]

Since the present invention is configured as described above, it has the following effects. A coating member having a coating ball is attached to a hinge cap having a dispensing cylinder and a mounting ring, and by opening and closing the hinge cap, application through the coating ball and application of the coating material through the dispensing cylinder are performed. The ability to dispense makes it possible to apply either a limited, narrow-area application or a wide-area application.

Since the application member is attached to the opening / closing lid of the hinge cap, switching between application through the application ball and pouring through the cap discharge tube is performed only by opening and closing the hinge cap. Switching operation can be easily performed.

A hinge cap provided with a channel opening / closing ring on a cap base is screwed into the container opening, and the hinge cap is rotated to move up and down so that the channel is closed and opened by the channel opening / closing ring. Therefore, by closing the flow path, careless application of the coating material before use can be prevented.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partial cross-sectional front view of the application tool of the present invention.

FIGS. 2A and 2B are views showing a container mouth, in which FIG. 2A is a partial cross-sectional front view, and FIG. 2B is a top view showing a mouth and a shoulder.

3A and 3B are views showing an inner plug, in which FIG. 3A is a top view and FIG. 3B is a sectional front view.

FIG. 4 is a sectional front view of the cap.

FIG. 5 is a partial cross-sectional front view of an application member.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory view of the application tool at the time of unlocking.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory view at the time of coating with a coating ball.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory view at the time of pouring.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List A container B inner stopper C hinge cap D coating member E overcap p coated surface 1 mouth 2 shoulder 3 trunk 4 bottom 8, 35 double screw 9a, b stopper 10 top wall 11 inner cylinder 12 fitting cylinder section DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 13 Bottom wall 14 Through hole 16 Top wall 17 Side peripheral wall 18 Fitting ridge 20 Cap base 21 Hinge mechanism 22 Opening / closing lid 23 Top wall 24 Side peripheral wall 25 Injection port 26 Discharge cylinder 27 Flow path opening / closing ring 28 Sealing ring 29 Step REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 30 enlarged diameter portion 31 cut 32 holding piece 33 hinge 36 a, b positioning rib 37 top wall 38 side peripheral wall 39 communication tube 42 mounting ring 43 notch 50 coating ball 51 holding body 52 opening 53 holding wall 54 projecting edge 55 upper end Circumference edge 56 Projection ring 57 Engagement cylinder 59 Engagement ring 60 Ring plate

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Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A mouth, an inner plug fitted to the mouth of the container,
An application tool including a hinge cap screwed to a container opening and an application member attached to the hinge cap, wherein the inner plug includes a bottom wall having a through hole and an inner cylinder having a crest. The hinge cap is provided with an injection cylinder erected on the upper wall, a cap base having a flow path opening / closing ring erected, and a communication cylinder engaged with the injection cylinder erected on the top wall. An opening / closing lid on which an attachment member for the member is erected, the application member comprising an application ball, a holding wall having an opening at a lower end for holding the application ball, and an outer periphery of the holding wall; A holding member having an engaging member which is engaged with a mounting member of the opening / closing lid from an intermediate portion. 2. A pair of stoppers symmetrically positioned between a lower portion of a container mouth and a shoulder, and a positioning rib engaging with the stopper is provided at a lower end of a side peripheral wall of a cap base of a hinge cap. The application tool according to claim 1, wherein: